Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-28

Mr. Disbrow is back from Nebraska.
Farmers are jubilant over the soaking
| rains.
School books and supplies at postOffice
book store.
Heavy rain all Sunday night. Three
inches fell.
School books of all kinds Mt the post
Office bookstore.
Decatur county now gives bounty of
81 90 for wolf scalps.
S. S. Burling bought some choice lots
from Martin Bros. & Co.
C. D. Hubbard, of Cumberland, gave
us friendly call Tuesday.
c. c. Siggins and Tom Sutton started
for La Crosse, Texas, Sunday.
Go to the post Office book store for
school books or supplies of all kinds.
For SALE.-One good farm wagon for
$50 Enquire of Meglemre 6 Marble.
Ex-Sheriff Kingery and VIM. Harvey
were in from Hale township Tuesday.
Jim Fike, p NJ. at Colby, has 1900
trees planted on his claim east of Colby.
S. J. Rowe, of 7-36, went Wednesday to
to Carey, Ohio, where he will remain for
a while.
G. NJ. Harper and w. H. Yarger and l.
Pickett were in from 6-31 Tuesday and
gave us call.
J. W. Miller, p NJ. at Copeland, is to
survey Cut a town at Copeland. Cope
land is on the boom.
Mr.. Stewart. representing Lombard In
vestment Co.. of Kansas City, Mo-, was
in the city last week.
Mr.. Dow has bought one-fOurth block
west of the Methodist church and will
build a handsome residence thereon.
Henry Simons, of Friend, Neb., was
in Colby this week investing in Colby
property, He has great faith in Thomas
county.
Warren Wheeler, now working for
Howell Bros. expects to go to Cheyenne
Wells to manage lumber yard there for
J. B. McGonigal.
The party having the book entitled
ION Mexican Mustang Through Texas
belonging to E. P. Worcester will please
return the same to this Office.
Rock Island bonds carried in Smith
county in four townships out of six and
Mo. Pacific carried in four townships.
Smith Center is on the boom now.
Mr.. David Zerwekh, chshier Farmers
s. Merchants bank. returned from Red
Cloud. Neb.. Saturday last. He brought
no better half as was said he would by
some knowing ones.
J. H. Wallace is meeting with uncom-
mon good success in selling Mason &
Hamlin organs. They are called the best
organ and by the way they sell they
must have some fine qualities.
S. S. Story, of Friend, Neb.. was in
the city Tuesday. He has a timber claim
ten miles northwest of Colby and has
just put out some trees. He expects to
put in nursery here in Thomas county
this fall
DR.. j. W. Martin has been sick with
dysentery this week but is better now.
We are sorry to see him sick as he is the
best salesman of real estate in Colby and
we want him well to boom Colby as no
one else can.
Ed. Hall, of the First National Bank
of Colby, bought lot 16 in block ~, on
Main street this week and paid 500 spot
cash. This makes s. Burling profit of
$3.50, he having been the lucky winner
of the lot in raffle.-Dark Horse.
The only drunk man we have seen for
q long time was the editor of the Sher-
man County Democrat looking for typo.
He said he had 1925 worth of final proof
notices that must be published if he had
to take them to Oberlin to have it done.
Sherman County Republican.
Mrs. P. n. Davis, whose husband sold
his claim and cheated her out of every
thing has been likewise cheated out OF
her brothers claim near Oakley. Kans.,
which he had given her by Goodier, OF
Oakley, so we are informed. She has
bad luck
Theodore Sternberg, of Ellsworth.
Kansas is now on the editorial stan of
the Abilene Gazette Mr.. Sternberg was
the Commonwealth reporter in the house
last winter and showed himself to be .
vorcat;la and talented writer He will he